ronde
\ʁɔ̃d\
The verdict
“ronde” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,097 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,097
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Surveillance ; tour de garde.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ronde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ronde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ronde is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɔ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,097 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ronde, with forms such as "ornde", "rnode", and "rodne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rose", "rude", "rote", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ronde, spelled R-O-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Surveillance ; tour de garde.
- 2Symbole de solfège, de forme circulaire, indiquant une note de 4 temps. Une ronde vaut deux blanches ou quatre noires.
- 3Femme dont la silhouette a des formes généreuses.
- 4Mouvement de danse traditionnelle ou enfantine qui se présente sous forme de cercle.
- 5Manège, succession, défilé, procession.
- 6Caractère d'imprimerie dont les lettres ont des jambages courbes, des panses et des boucles arrondies.
- 7Dans une compétition, ensemble des parties ou des matchs qui se jouent simultanément.
- 8Groupe de jeannettes.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ornde,rnode,rodne,rondde,roned,ronnde,rronde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ronde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ronde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɔ̃d\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rose” - see the side-by-side comparison. ronde vs rose
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.